Sean Kelly MD is chief medical officer of Imprivata of Lexington, MA.
Imprivata announces the results of its Fifth Annual IT Trends Survey, including findings that single sign-on, virtual desktops, and remote access are the top three enablers for engaging physicians to adopt CPOE.
Speaking of Imprivata, here’s their latest cartoon (insert your own orthopedist joke here).
Imprivata is assigned a patent for a rules-based method of authenticating a computer via biometrics without using the security functions of the underlying operating system.
TI combines its DM8148 system on-a-chip with Imprivata OneSign to provide out-of-the-box strong user authentication into any software application.
Earlier this month, the Ponemon Institute released a study titled “The Economic & Productivity Impact of IT Security on Healthcare” that aims to quantify the impact that the use of pagers and other outdated communication technologies has on healthcare. The research reveals that communication in healthcare lags behind other industries, in large part because of the perceived security and compliance risks associated with the use of smartphones and other modern technologies.